RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Nicholas Ray
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)
Robert Ryan is a restless cop in the big city battling the demon of loneliness. He takes it out on the hapless thugs he beats to a pulp, justifying it by saying "it's his job". His superiors send him to a remote town in an attempt to save him from himself. He helps solve a local murder that leads to the lonely house of the blind Ida Lupino. Her brother is the suspect and she is hiding him. Despite her blindness, and maybe because of it, Ryan falls in love with her. A complex character study with Hitchcock overtones, including a fine score by Bernard Herrmann.
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